Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) is a system designed to manage and facilitate real-time, short, and frequent data transactions, such as sales, payments, or bookings. It allows multiple users to interact with a database simultaneously, ensuring that each transaction is recorded accurately and quickly without disrupting others. OLTP systems are essential for daily operations in banking, retail, and airline industries, providing reliability, speed, and consistency in handling large volumes of small, individual data changes effectively.